Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law is now in force, and every organisation that collects customer or employee data is accountable for how it is collected, processed, stored and transferred. Compliance is not a policy page on your website. It is a working system.
Six steps to start now
- Map processing activities: what data you collect, why, where it is stored and who can access it.
- Identify the legal basis: every processing activity needs a clear basis, such as consent, performance of a contract or a legal obligation.
- Privacy policy and consent forms: written in language the data subject understands.
- Data-processing agreements: with service providers who process data on your behalf.
- Cross-border transfer controls: following the conditions and exceptions set by the law and its regulations.
- Breach procedures: how you detect, contain and report an incident within the statutory timeframes.
Violations can expose an organisation to statutory penalties, but the larger cost is usually customer trust. At Batat we help you build and run this system, not just document it.
